Person:Benjamin Dexter (4)
Benjamin Dexter
b.17 Nov 1747 Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 4 Mar 1818 Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 18 May 1732
  1. Joseph Dexter1733 -
  2. Samuel Dexter1734 -
  3. Ichabod DexterCal 1737 - 1797
  4. Job Dexter1740/41 - 1827
  5. Mary Dexter1743 - 1824
  6. Sarah Dexter1745 -
  7. Benjamin Dexter1747 - Bef 1818
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin Dexter1747 - Bef 1818
  • W.  Hannah Stone1745/46 - 1840
m. 21 Oct 1769
  1. Hannah Dexter1770 -
  2. Simeon Dexter1772 - 1773
  3. Daughter DexterBef 1774 - 1774
  4. Benjamin Dexter1775 - 1858
  5. Lucy Dexter1777 -
  6. Phebe Dexter1780 -
  7. Betsey Dexter1782 - 1864
  8. Susanna Dexter1784 - 1787
  9. Sally Dexter1786 - 1789
  10. Mercy Dexter1788 -
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Benjamin Dexter
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Nov 1747 Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 21 Oct 1769 Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions
to Hannah Stone
Death[2][3][6] Bef 4 Mar 1818 Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Burial[5] Society of Friends Cemetery, Richmond, NH
References
  1. ↑ Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass, 1917)
    p. 35.

    DEXTER, Benjamin, s. of Samuel and May [sic], [born] May 17, 1747.

  2. ↑ Bassett, William. History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire: from its first settlement, to 1882. (Boston: C.W. Calkins & Co., printers, 1884)
    p. 383.

    "Benjamin Dexter, from Orange, bought the Gideon Man place at the Four corners, 1811. Sold the same to Bassett and Harkness, 1817. He d. 1818, while living on the Dea. John Cass place."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bartlett, J. Gardner. Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917. (Boston, Massachusetts: Stone Family Association, 1918)
    p. 148.

    HANNAH6, b. in Marlborough, 15 Jan.1745/6; m. (int. rec.at Rutland, 21 Oct. 1769), BENJAMIN DEXTER, b. in Hardwick, Mass., 17 Nov. 1747, son of Samuel and Mary (Clark) Dexter. They lived in Athol and Orange, Mass., and finally removed in 1811 to Richmond, N. H., where he d. in 1818; his widow returned to Orange, Mass., and d. in 1832. Children b. in Athol and Orange (Dexter): 1. Hannah, b. 5 Dec. 1770. 2. Simeon, b. 31 Oct. 1772, d. 1 Mar. 1773. 3. Benjamin, b. 24 Nov. 1775. 4. Lucy, b. 24 Dec. 1777. 5. Phebe, b. 11 Feb. 1780. 6. Betsey, b. 6 July 1782. 7. Susanna, b. 7 Aug. 1784, d. 13 Dec. 1787. 8. Sally, b. 19 Nov. 1786, d. in 1789. 9. Mercy, b. 21 June 1788.

  4.   Warden, William Albert. Genealogy of the Dexter family in America: descendants of Thomas Dexter, together with a record of other allied families. (Worcester, Mass.: Blanchard Press, 1905)
    p. 53.

    Benjamin Dexter [#173], s/o Samuel Dexter and Mary Clark, b. Hardwick 17 Nov 1747, d. 1818, m. 1769 Hannah Stone.

  5. ↑ Find A Grave: Quaker Cemetery, Richmond, NH, in Find A Grave
    Benjamin Dexter.

    "There is no labeled stone". "This unmarked foot & head stone ... is a logical guess as possibly being Benjamin."

  6. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Franklin County). Probate dockets, records, and indexes, 1810-1971. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, 1991)
    Case 3746 Benjamin Dexter.

    Will of "Benjamin Dexter of Richmond ... yeoman being under infirmity of body", dated "20th day of the twelfth month" 1817, proved 4 Mar 1818, names wife Hannah Dexter; son Benjamin Dexter; daughter Betsey Wheeler; daughters: Hannah Morton, Lucy Davis, Phebe Ball, Mercy Dexter; four grandchildren Phebe Thurston, Percillia Thurston, Harriet Thurston and Susanna Thurston children of my daughter Phebe. Son Benjamin Dexter and son in law John Davis to be executors.

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